Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (The Miracles album)

Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is the second greatest hits album for The Miracles (AKA Smokey Robinson & the Miracles), released in 1968 on Motown Records' Tamla label. It contained the most popular singles from the successful Going to a Go-Go, Away We A Go-Go and Make It Happen albums of the 1965-67 period. It also featured the 1964 non-album single "Come On Do The Jerk", and two B-sides, "Choosey Beggar" and "Save Me". The hit single "I Second That Emotion" was new to album. This album reached the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, peaking at #7. Ten of the albums' 12 songs were written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson , Pete Moore , Marv Tarplin , Bobby Rogers , and the late Ronnie White .

Track listing

Side one

1. "Going to a Go-Go" (Smokey Robinson, Warren Moore, Robert Rogers, Marvin Tarplin)
2. "The Tracks of My Tears" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin)
3. "I Second That Emotion" (Robinson, Al Cleveland)
4. "Ooo Baby Baby" (Robinson, Moore)
5. "My Girl Has Gone" (Robinson, Moore, Tarplin, Ronald White)
6. "Come On Do The Jerk" (Robinson, Moore, White, Rogers)

Side two

1. "Whole Lot Of Shakin' In My Heart (Since I Met You)" (Frank Wilson)
2. "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" (Robinson, Tarplin)
3. "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
4. "More Love" (Robinson)
5. "Choosey Beggar" (Robinson, Moore)
6. "Save Me" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore)

Personnel: The Miracles

• Smokey Robinson: lead vocals
• Ronnie White, Bobby Rogers, Warren "Pete" Moore, Claudette Robinson: background vocals
• Marv Tarplin: guitarist

Other Instruments

• The Funk Brothers: instrumentation

Producers

• Smokey Robinson, producer, Album executive producer
• Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, producer
• Frank Wilson, producer